Bridgeport man gets 57 months for trying to run over FBI agent

Updated 1:01 am, Friday, November 9, 2012

Their chatter is interrupted by the squealing tires of unmarked police cars, which attempt to box in a nearby vehicle.

That driver slams his transmission into reverse, smashing into one of the car's, then guns it forward, nearly striking two FBI agents, who dive out of the way even as an agent manages to fire several rounds.

The shots miss, the driver flees and horrified school officials impose a lockdown.

Sounds like a scene cut from a crime thriller movie.

Except it was real and took place May 24 at the intersection of Old Town Road and Oman Street in Trumbull.

And against that background, Jeffrey Thomas, the 21-year-old driver, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton this week.

He pleaded guilty Aug. 14 to assault on a federal agent.

Thomas was arrested after federal agents found his car crashed in a nearby wooded area. He was found hiding in a house on Bridgeport's Voight Street; agents found crack cocaine and heroin in the car.